BAFTA de melhor direção (no original em inglês BAFTA Award for Best Direction) é um prêmio entregue anualmente pela British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) ao diretor de cinema que se tenha distinguido durante o ano na direção de um filme.
Cineastas de qualquer nacionalidade são elegíveis para receber o prémio.
Lista dos cineastas premiados com o BAFTA de Melhor Direção e respectivos filmes:
Vencedores e indicados Década de 1960 Ano Diretor Filme 1969 Mike Nichols || The Graduate|- |Lindsay Anderson || if.... |- |Carol Reed || Oliver! |- |Franco Zeffirelli || Romeo and Juliet |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1970|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | John Schlesinger Midnight CowboyRichard Attenborough Oh! What a Lovely WarKen Russell Women in LovePeter Yates Bullitt
Década de 1970 Ano Diretor Filme 1971 George Roy Hill || Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid|- |Robert Altman || M*A*S*H |- |David Lean || Ryan's Daughter |- |Ken Loach || Kes |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1972|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | John Schlesinger Sunday Bloody SundayMiloš Forman Taking OffJoseph Losey The Go-BetweenLuchino Visconti Morte a Venezia 1973 Bob Fosse || Cabaret|- |Peter Bogdanovich || The Last Picture Show |- |William Friedkin || The French Connection |- |Stanley Kubrick || A Clockwork Orange |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1974|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | François Truffaut La nuit américaine Luis Buñuel Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie Nicolas Roeg Don't Look NowFred Zinnemann The Day of the Jackal 1975 Roman Polanski || Chinatown|- |Francis Ford Coppola || The Conversation |- |Sidney Lumet || Murder on the Orient Express / Serpico |- |Louis Malle || Lacombe Lucien |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1976|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Stanley Kubrick Barry LyndonSidney Lumet Dog Day AfternoonMartin Scorsese Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreSteven Spielberg Jaws 1977 Miloš Forman || One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|- |Alan J. Pakula || All the President's Men |- |Alan Parker || Bugsy Malone |- |Martin Scorsese || Taxi Driver |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1978|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Woody Allen Annie Hall Richard Attenborough A Bridge Too FarJohn G. Avildsen RockySidney Lumet Network 1979 Alan Parker || Midnight Express|- |Robert Altman || A Wedding |- |Steven Spielberg || Close Encounters of the Third Kind |- |Fred Zinnemann || Julia |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1980|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse NowWoody Allen ManhattanMichael Cimino The Deer HunterJohn Schlesinger Yanks
Década de 1980 Ano Diretor Filme 1981 Akira Kurosawa || Kagemusha|- |Robert Benton || Kramer vs. Kramer |- |David Lynch || The Elephant Man |- |Alan Parker || Fame |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1982|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Louis Malle Atlantic CityBill Forsyth Gregory's GirlHugh Hudson Chariots of FireKarel Reisz The French Lieutenant's Woman 1983 Richard Attenborough || Gandhi|- |Costa-Gavras || Missing |- |Mark Rydell || On Golden Pond |- |Steven Spielberg || E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1984|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Bill Forsyth Local HeroJames Ivory Heat and DustSydney Pollack TootsieMartin Scorsese The King of Comedy 1985 Wim Wenders || Paris, Texas|- |Roland Joffé || The Killing Fields |- |Sergio Leone || Once Upon a Time in America |- |Peter Yates || The Dresser |- | rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 1986|Sem registro de vencedor || |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1987|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Woody Allen Hannah and Her SistersRoland Joffé The MissionNeil Jordan Mona LisaJames Ivory A Room with a View 1988 Oliver Stone || Platoon|- |Richard Attenborough || Cry Freedom |- |Claude Berri || Jean de Florette |- |John Boorman || Hope and Glory |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1989|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Louis Malle Au revoir les enfants Gabriel Axel Babettes gæstebud Bernardo Bertolucci The Last EmperorCharles Crichton A Fish Called Wanda 1990 Kenneth Branagh || Henry V'|- |Stephen Frears || Dangerous Liaisons|- |Alan Parker || Mississippi Burning|- |Peter Weir || Dead Poets Society''
Década de 1990 Ano Diretor Filme 1991 Martin Scorsese || Goodfellas|- |Woody Allen || Crimes and Misdemeanors |- |Bruce Beresford || Driving Miss Daisy |- |Giuseppe Tornatore || Nuovo Cinema Paradiso |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1992|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Alan Parker The CommitmentsKevin Costner Dances with WolvesJonathan Demme The Silence of the LambsRidley Scott Thelma & Louise 1993 Robert Altman || The Player|- |Clint Eastwood || Unforgiven |- |James Ivory || Howards End |- |Neil Jordan || The Crying Game |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1994|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Steven Spielberg Schindler's ListRichard Attenborough ShadowlandsJane Campion The PianoJames Ivory The Remains of the Day 1995 Mike Newell || Four Weddings and a Funeral|- |Krzysztof Kieślowski || Trois couleurs: Rouge |- |Quentin Tarantino || Pulp Fiction |- |Robert Zemeckis || Forrest Gump |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1996|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Michael Radford Il postino Mel Gibson BraveheartNicholas Hytner The Madness of King GeorgeAng Lee Sense and Sensibility 1997 Joel Coen || Fargo|- |Scott Hicks || Shine |- |Mike Leigh || Secrets & Lies |- |Anthony Minghella || The English Patient |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 1998|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Baz Luhrmann Romeo + JulietJames Cameron TitanicPeter Cattaneo The Full MontyCurtis Hanson L.A. Confidential 1999 Peter Weir || The Truman Show|- |Shekhar Kapur || Elizabeth |- |John Madden || Shakespeare in Love |- |Steven Spielberg || Saving Private Ryan |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2000|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Pedro Almodóvar Todo sobre mi madre Neil Jordan The End of the AffairSam Mendes American BeautyAnthony Minghella The Talented Mr. RipleyM. Night Shyamalan The Sixth Sense
Década de 2000 Ano Diretor(a) Filme 2001 Ang Lee || Wo hu cang long |- |Stephen Daldry || Billy Elliot |- |Ridley Scott || Gladiator |- | rowspan=2 | Steven Soderbergh || Traffic |- |Erin Brockovich |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2002|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingRobert Altman Gosford ParkRon Howard A Beautiful MindJean-Pierre Jeunet Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie PoulainBaz Luhrmann Moulin Rouge! 2003 Roman Polanski || The Pianist|- |Stephen Daldry || The Hours |- |Peter Jackson || The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |- |Rob Marshall || Chicago |- |Martin Scorsese || Gangs of New York |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2004|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Peter Weir Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldTim Burton Big FishSofia Coppola Lost in TranslationPeter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingAnthony Minghella Cold Mountain 2005 Mike Leigh || Vera Drake|- |Marc Forster || Finding Neverland |- |Michel Gondry || Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |- |Michael Mann || Collateral |- |Martin Scorsese || The Aviator |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2006|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Ang Lee Brokeback MountainGeorge Clooney Good Night, and Good Luck.Paul Haggis CrashFernando Meirelles The Constant GardenerBennett Miller Capote 2007 Paul Greengrass || United 93|- |Jonathan Dayton e Valerie Faris || Little Miss Sunshine |- |Stephen Frears || The Queen |- |Alejandro González Iñárritu || Babel |- |Martin Scorsese || The Departed |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2008|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Joel e Ethan Coen No Country for Old MenPaul Thomas Anderson There Will Be BloodPaul Greengrass The Bourne UltimatumFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck Das Leben der Anderen Joe Wright Atonement 2009 Danny Boyle || Slumdog Millionaire|- |Stephen Daldry || The Reader |- |Clint Eastwood || Changeling |- |David Fincher || The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |- |Ron Howard || Frost/Nixon |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2010|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt LockerNeill Blomkamp District 9James Cameron AvatarLone Scherfig An EducationQuentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds
Década de 2010 Ano Diretor(a) Filme 2011 David Fincher || The Social Network|- |Darren Aronofsky || Black Swan |- |Danny Boyle || 127 Hours |- |Tom Hooper || The King's Speech |- |Christopher Nolan || Inception |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2012|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Michel Hazanavicius The ArtistTomas Alfredson Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyLynne Ramsay We Need to Talk About KevinNicolas Winding Refn DriveMartin Scorsese Hugo 2013 Ben Affleck || Argo|- |Kathryn Bigelow || Zero Dark Thirty |- |Michael Haneke || Amour |- |Ang Lee || Life of Pi |- |Quentin Tarantino || Django Unchained |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2014|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Alfonso Cuarón GravityPaul Greengrass Captain PhillipsSteve McQueen 12 Years a SlaveDavid O. Russell American HustleMartin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall Street 2015 Richard Linklater || Boyhood|- |Wes Anderson || The Grand Budapest Hotel |- |Alejandro González Iñárritu || Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) |- |Damien Chazelle || Whiplash |- |James Marsh || The Theory of Everything |- | rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2016|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Alejandro González Iñárritu The RevenantTodd Haynes CarolAdam McKay The Big ShortRidley Scott The MartianSteven Spielberg Bridge of Spies 2017 Damien Chazelle La La LandTom Ford Nocturnal AnimalsKen Loach I, Daniel BlakeKenneth Lonergan Manchester by the SeaDenis Villeneuve Arrival 2018 Guillermo del Toro The Shape of WaterLuca Guadagnino Call Me by Your NameMartin McDonagh Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriChristopher Nolan DunkirkDenis Villeneuve Blade Runner 2049 2019 Alfonso Cuarón RomaBradley Cooper A Star Is BornYorgos Lanthimos The FavouritePaweł Pawlikowski Zimna wojna Spike Lee BlacKkKlansman 2020 Sam Mendes 1917Todd Phillips JokerBong Joon-ho Gisaengchung Martin Scorsese The IrishmanQuentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Década de 2020 Ano Diretor(a) Filme 2021 Chloé Zhao || Nomadland|- |Lee Isaac Chung || Minari |- |Thomas Vinterberg || Druk |- |Jasmila Žbanić || Quo Vadis, Aida? |- |Shannon Murphy || Babyteeth |- |Sarah Gavron || Rocks |- | rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 2022|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Jane Campion The Power of the DogPaul Thomas Anderson Licorice PizzaRyūsuke Hamaguchi Doraibu mai kā Audrey Diwan L'événement Julia Ducournau TitaneAleem Khan After Love 2023Edward Berger || Im Westen nichts Neues |- |Daniel Kwan e Daniel Scheinert || Everything Everywhere All at Once |- |Martin McDonagh || The Banshees of Inisherin |- |Park Chan-wook || Heojil gyeolsim |- |Todd Field || Tár |- |Gina Prince-Bythewood || The Woman King |- | rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 2024|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer Jonathan Glazer The Zone of InterestBradley Cooper MaestroAlexander Payne The HoldoversAndrew Haigh All of Us StrangersJustine Triet Anatomie d'une chute 2025Brady Corbet || The Brutalist |- |Coralie Fargeat || The Substance |- |Denis Villeneuve || Dune: Part Two |- |Edward Berger || Conclave |- |Jacques Audiard || Emilia Pérez |- |Sean Baker || Anora |- | rowspan=7 style="text-align:center" | 2026|- style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another Yorgos Lanthimos BugoniaJoachim Trier Affeksjonsverdi Ryan Coogler SinnersChloé Zhao HamnetJosh Safdie Marty Supreme
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